Hugging Face adds OpenUSD support as NVIDIA drops 2,500+ SimReady simulation assets
AIFlow_ML · x · 2026-10-31
Caleb Fahlgren of Hugging Face announced that the Hub now supports OpenUSD, with NVIDIA Omniverse immediately publishing 2,500+ SimReady assets — forklifts, robot arms, engines, hospital equipment — all searchable in plain English. Screenshots show a browsable library filterable by makers like FANUC, Franka Robotics and Universal Robots, with metadata (dimensions, joints) and direct downloads for simulation.
The author argues the open AI world has long been strong on text, images and code but weak on physical assets — exactly what embodied robotics needs. The post hit 347K views with bookmarks (2,798) exceeding likes (2,266), signaling developers saving it to actually build sims.
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